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Google tools for real estate agents

Did you know Google has a page for Real Estate Agents?!  FOREM posts on some of the top google products for real estate agents and here is my take on a few on them.

I have long since championed the need to tie yourself with Google, not more so because it is free, but if you [...]

Google is officially taking over the world

I have been fortunate to work in three of the largest online industries, namely travel, tickets and real estate.

What have I always prophesied?!  That google would one day come and absorb these spaces like some colossal Star Trek space cloud.  Well, I believe we are now witnessing the edges of the cloud curling around these [...]

Google explains organic link building

Property Ad Guru found a very useful post from the Google Webmaster Blog regarding best practice for organic link building.   As with all google posts, this is not just someone filling the page with content, this is useful advice worth reading.  Indeed, it is essential reading.

A few of the main points are as follows:

get involved [...]

Don't worry, it is only Google and they are not very good

This appears to be the view of Rightmove.

Martin Smith spotted a letter from rightmove to all their staff on the FT.

Didn’t someone famous say don’t worry it isn’t loaded then had his head blown off?

Anyway, rightmove may have a small point about having a strong big brand,  but big brands go down just as much [...]

Google real estate - reality time

More developments from Google Australia in their map functionality, which is a loud wake up call for all in this industry.

The Google Blog explains that the recent real estate search developments widely reported within the industry did not go far enough.  To remind the reader this was the introduction of the ‘more’ feature to the [...]